PM G4 (AGP Graphics) - Best Graphics card Upgrade?

Hi all,
I have a PM G4 (AGP Graphics) and would like to upgrade the graphics card. Can anyone suggest the best option? I am currently looking at ATI Radeon 9200 Pro 128MB or nVidia gForce 7800 256MB.
One of the parameters for the choice, besides price and performance, is how silent is the card.
Thank you for any insight you can share.

Hi-
AGP Graphics, the Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet, are both 2x AGP machines.
The best card for either is a Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition.
The Radeon 9200 is a low performance card.
The Geforce 7800 GS is not compatible with 2x AGP machines, but may be used in the Digital Audio, Quicksilver and MDD machines.
More information here:
http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D379 42BEE.html
Any card with a fan will make some additional noise.
Cards without fans, though, are usually low performance.
Third party coolers can greatly reduce noise.

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